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Radiohole is a collective of artists that have created devised performance works since 1998.[1] Radiohole was founded by Erin Douglass, Eric Dyer, Scott Halvorsen Gillette, and Maggie Hoffman, and has been described by The Drama Review as “the quintessential American performance group".[2]
Key Information
In 2000, Radiohole and The Collapsable Giraffe founded the Obie Award-winning space The Collapsable Hole in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[3] The artist-run venue has since relocated to Westbeth in NYC's West Village.[4]
As of 2026, Radiohole has created 17 original full-length shows and numerous short pieces.[5] Venues at which Radiohole has premiered / performed work include: The Kitchen, PS122, The Performing Garage, La Mama, and Walker Art Center.
In addition to their own work, they have collaborated with other artists - for Tarzana, they commissioned initial text from writer Jason Grote [6] - and have provided a forum for other artists to present work, such as 2023's EXPOSURE show, which included performances by Paris Alexander, Julia Mounsey, Alex Tatarsky, and Peter Mills Weiss, among others.
They have also provided internships for other artists - Young Jean Lee credits Radiohole with providing an opportunity for her to learn how to direct: "Through NTUSA, I met a company called Radiohole... I interned with them for two years, going to every single rehearsal, every single performance, and that’s how I learned how to direct." [7]
Works
[edit]Original works by Radiohole:
- Bender (1998)
- A History of Heen [8] (1999)
- Rodan (1999)
- Bend Your Mind Off (2000)
- NONE OF IT (2002)
- WURST (2002)
- RADIOHOLE IS STILL MY NAME [9] (2004)
- FLUKE [10] (2006)
- ANGER/NATION [11] (2007)
- WHATEVER, HEAVEN ALLOWS [12] (2009)
- INFLATABLE FRANKENSTEIN [13] (2013)
- MYTH OR METH (2014)
- TARZANA [14] (2014)
- HOLLYWOOD DOLLS (HULL I HODET) (2016) - with the Norwegian Theatre Academy
- TV PARTY (2017)
- NOW SERVING [15] (2019)
- HAPPY HOURS[16] (2020)
Production
[edit]Presented by Radiohole:
- ISOLATION: A group show of new work made during the pandemic - 2021
- EXPOSURE: A group show of performance works exploring the body - Prelude Festival, 2023 [17]
- FAUST - 2023 (by Eric Dyer)
- HAMLET - 2024 (by Christopher Rashee Stevenson)
Recognition
[edit]- Spalding Gray Award, 2009 [18][19]
- A 2013 Wall Street Journal survey of 40 New York-based theater artists placed Radiohole third in a list of companies and venues they felt most deserved funding, after New Dramatists and The Chocolate Factory.[20]
External links
[edit]- RADIOHOLE
- Collapsable Hole
- Happy Hours (online work commissioned by Onassis Foundation)
References
[edit]- ^ "C6 – 08 – RADIOHOLE – MARIAN BARANOVA – JEREMY BARKER – Chance-Magazine".
- ^ "Dicking Around with Radiohole: Toward Hyperreal Performance and Criticism | TDR/The Drama Review | MIT Press".
- ^ "Claudia La Rocco at the Collapsable Funeral". Artforum.
- ^ Cote, David. "Collapsable Hole". Time Out New York.
- ^ "American Theatre Ensembles Volume 2". Bloomsbury.
- ^ Tran, Diep (2015-07-21). "Radiohole Returns to Gooey Form With 'Tarzana'". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
- ^ admin_bm (2012-09-01). "An Interview with Young Jean Lee". Believer Magazine. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
- ^ Voice, Village (1999-08-03). "Psycho Analysis". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
- ^ "BOMB Magazine | Radiohole by Barbara Browning". BOMB Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Radiohole's 'Fluke' Splashes Around in a Sea of Ambiguity (Published 2006)". 2006-04-29. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Haddad, Natalie (2008-11-01). "ANGER/NATION". Frieze. No. 119. ISSN 0962-0672. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "If Douglas Sirk and Milton Walked Into a Bar and Started Trading Yarns (Published 2010)". 2010-02-24. Archived from the original on 2025-07-16. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (2013-01-06). "Mayhem Oozes From the Womb". www.nytimes.com.
- ^ "Radiohole | THE PERFORMING GARAGE". Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Fishman, Howard (2019-11-15). "WHAT'S COOKING?". Artforum. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Happy Hours | Radiohole". www.onassis.org. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
- ^ "Exposure at PRELUDE 2023 - Martin E. Segal Theater Center CUNY". Segal Center CUNY. Retrieved 2026-01-06.
- ^ "spaldinggray.com | SG Awards". www.spaldinggray.com. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "PS 122 Honors Radiohole with Spalding Gray Award | Playbill". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Simon, Lizzie (2013-01-09). "Funding Theater With Imagination". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2026-01-11.